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TOUR 

Tendered by the Government of the United States 

TO THE 

International 
American Conference, 

OCTOBER 3d to NOVEMBER 13th, i88g, 



UNDER THE 



Personally-Conducted Tourist System 



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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3d. 

Leave Washington, D. C. (via Pennsylvania R. R.) . .8.15 A. M. 

Arrive Jersey City, N. J. 1.45 P. M. 

Leave Jersey City, N. J. (via West Shore R. R.) . . .1.50 " 

Arrive West Point, N. Y. . . '. 3.45 " 

Luncheon on the Special Train. 
4.00 P. M., military salute and battalion review. 5.30 P. M., 
unveiling of portraits of Generals Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan. 
Presentation address on behalf of Mr. George W. Childs of Phil- 
adelphia by Gen. Horace Porter. Response on behalf of officers 
and cadets of Military Academy by Col. John M. Wilson, Com- 
mandant. Dinner at the hotel. 9.00 P. M., reception at residence 
of Col. John M. Wilson. 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4th. 

Breakfast at the hotel, West Point, N. Y. 
9.00 A. M., inspection of Military Academy. 10.30, cavalry drill. 
Leave West Point, N. Y. (by United States cruiser 

"Yorktown") 11.30 A. M. 

Arrive New York, N. Y 4.30 P. M. 

Luncheon on the "Yorktown." 
Leave New York, N. Y. (via Fall River Line) .... 5.00 " 
Dinner on the steamer " Puritan." 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5th. 

Breakfast on the steamer " Puritan." 
Leave Fall River, Mass. (via Old Colony R. R.) . . . 7.30 A. M. 

Arrive Boston, Mass 9.05 " 

Reception by Hon. Thomas N. Hart, Mayor, and prominent 
citizens. Visit boys' high school. 11.30 A. M. visit Waltham 
Watch Factory, Waltham, Mass. Luncheon tendered by Mr. 
Royal E. Robbins of Waltham Watch Factory. 2.30 P. M., visit 
Para Rubber Works and shoe factory of Messrs. Houghton & 
Coolidge at South Framingham, Mass. 7.00 P. M., banquet at 
the Parker House, tendered by the Commercial Club. Lodging 
at Hotel Vendome. 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6th. 

At Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass. 
10.00 A. M., visit city institutions, escorted by the Mayor. 
Luncheon at Hotel Vendome. 3.00 P. M., visit Harvard College, 
and drive through city and suburbs. 



MONDAY, OCTOBER 7th. 

Breakfast at Hotel Vendome, Boston. 
Leave Boston, Mass., (via Boston and Maine R. R., 

Western Division Station) 9.00 A. M. 

Arrive Lawrence, Mass 9.45 " 

Visit Mr. W. A. Russell's paper mill and Pacific Print Mills. 
Luncheon tendered by Mr. Henry Saltonstall. 

Leave Lawrence, Mass 1.45 P, M. 

Arrive Lowell, Mass 2.15 " 

Visit carpet, hosiery, and woolen mills. 

Leave Lowell, Mass 5.30 " 

Arrive Boston, Mass 6.15 " 

Dinner at Hotel Vendome. 
Attend Hollis Street Theatre in the evening:. 



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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8th. 

Leave Boston, Mass., (via Boston and Maine R. R., 

Western Division Station) 2.00 A. M. 

Train to be open for occupation (October 7th) at . . . 11.00 P. M. 
Arrive Manchester, N. H 7.00 A. M. 

8.30 A. M., visit Amoskeag Cotton Mills. 10.20 A. M., breakfast 
tendered by citizens of Manchester. 
Leave Manchester, N. H. (via Concord R. R., Boston 

and Maine R. R., and Portland and Rochester R. R.) 12.00 Noon 

Arrive Portland, Me 4.00 P. M. 

Luncheon on the Special Train. 

A committee of the citizens and the Board of Trade will meet 
the party on arrival and escort them to the City Hall, where they 
will be met by Hon. H. S. Melcher, Mayor, and the members of 
the City Councils. A drive through the city and an excursion in 
the harbor. In the evening a dinner at the Falmouth Hotel will 
be followed by a reception, attended by Municipal, State, and 
Federal officials and citizens. 
Leave Portland, Me. (via Portland and Rochester R. R. 

and Boston and Maine R. R.) 11.00 P. M. 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9th. 

Arrive Worcester, Mass 7.30 A. M. 

Breakfast on the Special Train. 
A drive through the city. 
Leave Worcester, Mass. (via New York and New Eng- 
land R. R.) 10.00 " 

Arrive Willimantic, Conn n. 45 " 

Visit thread works. 
Leave Willimantic, Conn, (via New York and New 

England R. R.) 12.30 P. M. 

Luncheon on the Special Train. 

Arrive South Manchester, Conn 1.30 " 

Visit Cheney Silk Mills. 



Leave South Manchester, Conn 2.45 P. M. 

Arrive Hartford, Conn 3.25 " 

Drive through the city. Visit various manufactories. 6.00 P. M., 
dinner tendered by citizens. 8.00 P. M., reception by Governor 
M. G. Bulkeley at the Capitol. Lodging on the Special Train, 
train to be open for occupation 11.00 P. M. 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th. 

Leave Hartford, Conn, (via Central New England and 

Western R. R.) 7.30 A. M. 

Breakfast on the Special Train. 

Arrive Collinsville, Conn 8.30 " 

Visit edge tool works. 

Leave Collinsville, Conn, (via Central New England 
and Western R. R. and New York, New Haven 

and Hartford R. R.) 10.00 " 

Luncheon on the Special Train. 

Arrive Meriden, Conn, (via Hartford) 11.30 

Leave Meriden, Conn, (via New York, New Haven and 

Hartford R. R.) 1.30 P. M. 

Arrive New Haven, Conn 2.00 

Visit manufactories and Yale University. Drive through the city. 

6.00 P. M., dinner tendered by the citizens. 8.30 P. M., reception 

by Hon. H. F. Peck, Mayor, and University authorities. Lodging 

on the Special Train, train to be open for occupation 11.00 P. M. 

The Special Train will run during night to Springfield, Mass. (via 

New York, New Haven and Hartford R. R.) 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER nth. 

Breakfast at Springfield on the Special Train. 
The party will be met at the station by the Hon. Edward S. 
Bradford, Mayor of Springfield, and Col. A. R. Buffington, com- 
manding the National Armory. A drive through the city; visit 
tin- National Armory and the Government Envelope Works. 
Leave Springfield, Mass. (via Connecticut River R. R.) 1.30 P. M. 
Luncheon on the Special Train. 



Arrive Holyoke, Mass 2.00 P. M. 

Visit the paper mills. 
Leave Holyoke, Mass. (via Connecticut River R. R.) . 3.15 

Arrive Springfield, Mass 345 

Leave Springfield, Mass. (via Boston and Albany R. R.) 4-oo 

Arrive Albany, N. Y 7-3° 

Dinner on the Special Train. 
Albany, N. Y. 9.00 P. M., illumination of the Capitol. Lodging 
at the Delavan House. 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th. 

Breakfast at Delavan House, Albany. 
9.00 A. M., drive through the city, escorted by a committee of 
citizens, visiting points of interest. 
Leave Albany, N. Y. (via New York Central and Hud- 
son River R. R.) 11.00 A. M. 

Arrive Niagara Falls, N. Y 8.00 P. M. 

Luncheon and dinner on the Special Train. Lodging at Cata- 
ract House, Niagara Falls. 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13th, 

At Cataract House, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Visit the falls, the 
rapids, and other points of interest. 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14th. 

Breakfast at Cataract House, Niagara Falls. 
Leave Niagara Falls, N. Y. (via New York Central and 

Hudson River R. R.) 8.30 A. M. 

Arrive Buffalo, N. Y 9- 10 " 

9.30 A. M., reception at City Hall by Hon. Philip Becker, Mayor, 
and other officials. 10.00 A. M., drive to different points of inter- 
est. 12 M., luncheon at the Iroquois Hotel. 1.30 P. M., those 
who wish to see the elevators and docks will be taken on board a 
steam yacht at foot of Main Street ; those who prefer to visit the 
Jewett Horse Farm will be taken by special train to Willink ; 



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those who prefer to visit factories and particular institutions will 
be escorted in carriages by a committee. 7.00 P. M., banquet at 
Niagara House, followed by a public reception. Lodging at Ni- 
agara House, Buffalo. 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15th. 
Breakfast at Niagara House, Buffalo. 

Leave Buffalo N. Y. (via Lake Shore and Michigan 
Southern Ry.) 8.00 A. M. 

Arrive Erie, Pa 10. 15 " 

Leave Erie, Pa 11.30 " 

Luncheon on the Special Train. 

Arrive Cleveland, Ohio 1.45 P. M. 

Arrive Newburgh, " (suburb of Cleveland), (via 
Cleveland and Pittsburgh R. R., Pennsylvania Com- 
pany's lines) • 2.20 " 

Visit rolling mills, wire and nail works, Bessemer steel works, 

and Northern Ohio Hospital for the Insane. S.30 P. M., banquet 

at the Stillman House, Cleveland, followed by a public reception. 

Lodging at the Stillman House. 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16th. 
Breakfast at the Stillman House. 

Visit public works and industrial establishments. 1.30 P. M., 
luncheon at the Stillman House. In the afternoon drive through 
Euclid Avenue to Wade and Gordon Parks, Lake Mew Cemetery, 
and Garfield Monument. 7.00 P. M., dinner at the Stillman 
House. S.30 P. M., reception at the Stillman House by the busi- 
ness men. 
Leave Cleveland, Ohio (via Lake Shore and Michigan 

Southern Ry.) 10.00 P. M. 

THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17th. 

Arrive Detroit, Mich 7.00 A. M. 

Breakfast on the Special Train. 
Drive about the city. Visit various manufactories. 



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Luncheon at the residence of Hon. James McMillan, United 

States Senator. 
Leave Detroit Mich, (via Michigan Central R. R.) . . 3-°° p - M - 

Arrive Ann Arbor, Mich 4-oo 

Dinner at Ann Arbor. Visit Michigan University. Reception 
in the evening by University authorities. 

Leave Ann Arbor, Mich 10.00 P. M. 

Arrive Grand Rapids, Mich Next morning. 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18th. 

The party will be received at station by Hon. John Killean, 
Mayor, and other municipal authorities. 9.00 A. M., breakfast at 
the Morton House, tendered by citizens. 10.00 A. M., drive 
through the city, visiting various manufacturing establishments. 
12.30 P. M., review of the Military Companies, Fire Department, 
and Bicycle Club. 1.00 P. M., luncheon at the Morton House. 
2.00 P. M., trotting races at the fair grounds. 5.30 P. M., recep- 
tion by the Mayor at the City Hall. 7.00 P. M., banquet tendered 
by citizens. 
Leave Grand Rapids, Mich, (via Grand Rapids and 

Indiana R. R. and Michigan Central R. R.) . . . . 10.00 P. M. 
Arrive South Bend, Ind Next morning. 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19th. 

Breakfast on the Special Train. 
8.30 A. M., visit the wagon manufactory of the Messrs. Stude- 
baker Brothers ; 10.00 A. M., Wilson Brothers' shirt factory, Oliver 
Plow Works; 11.30 A.M., sewing-machine case factory; 12.30 
P. M., luncheon at the residence of Hon. Clement Studebaker ; 
2.00 P. M., drive to Notre Dame University. 

Leave South Bend, Ind. (via Michigan Central R. R.) . 5-°° p - M - 
Dinner on the Special Train. 

Arrive Chicago, 111 S.30 

Lodging at Grand Pacific Hotel. 



SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20th. 
Breakfast at Grand Pacific Hotel. 
Chicago, 111. 10.00 A. M., attend church. Luncheon 1.30 P. M. 
In the afternoon drive through the parks and principal residence 
streets. Dinner at Grand Pacific Hotel. 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21st. 

Breakfast at Grand Pacific Hotel. 
Chicago, 111. 10.00 A.M., visit Board of Trade; 10.30 A. M., 
special train to stockyards ; 1.00 P. M., leave by the Special Train 
for Pullman. Luncheon on the Special Train. Dinner at Grand 
Pacific Hotel. Reception tendered at his residence by Potter 
Palmer, Esq. 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22d. 

Breakfast at Grand Pacific Hotel. 
Chicago, 111. 10.00 A. M., visit the Armour Kindergarten and 
other institutions ; the Auditorium, and manufacturing establish- 
ments ; 7.00 P. M., banquet tendered by the citizens. 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23d. 

Breakfast at Grand Pacific Hotel. 
Leave Chicago, 111. (via Chicago, Milwaukee and St. 

Paul Ry.) 8.00 A. M. 

Arrive Milwaukee, Wis 10.30 " 

The party will be met at Western Union Junction by a Com- 
mittee from Milwaukee. On arrival at Milwaukee they will take 
carriages and be driven to the Art Gallery, the Water- Works, and 
through the business and residence portion of the East Side 
to the leading breweries ; thence to Schlitz Hotel, where a lunch- 
eon will be tendered at 12.30 by Mr. August Uihlein. The car- 
riage ride will be continued through the West Side, visiting some 
of the larger manufacturing institutions ; thence along Grand 
Avenue to Soldiers' Home ; thence east through the South Side, 
stopping if time will permit at the Allis Iron Works and other 
important places ; thence to the Plankinton House for dinner, at 



6.00 P. M. After dinner a reception will be given at the residence 

of Hon. John L. Mitchell. 

Leave Milwaukee, Wis. (via Chicago, Milwaukee 

and St. Paul Ry.) 12.00 midnight. 

(Schedule to be arranged so as to leave La Crosse, Wis., about 
6.00 A. M. Thursday, October 24th, and arrive St. Paul about 
to.oo A. M.) 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24th. 

Arrive St. Paul, Minn 10.00 A. M. 

Breakfast on the Special Train. 
The reception committee will meet the party on arrival at the 
railway station with carriages, for a drive through the city ; visit 
the public buildings. 12.00 M., reception by State, county, and 
city officials at City Hall ; 1.00 P. M., luncheon at the residence 
of Governor Merriam ; 2.00 P. M., drive about the city ; 7.00 
P. M., dinner at Hotel Ryan, followed- by a reception. Lodging 
at Hotel Ryan. 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25th. 

Breakfast at Hotel Ryan, St. Paul. 
The Minneapolis Reception Committee will meet the party at 

St. Paul and escort them to Minneapolis. 
Visit the flour mills and other points of interest. Reception at 

Chamber of Commerce. Luncheon at the West Hotel. Drive 

through the city. Banquet in evening at the West Hotel, followed 

by a reception. 

Leave Minneapolis, Minn, (via Chicago, St. Paul, Min- 
neapolis and Omaha Ry.) 11.00 P. M. 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26th. 

Arrive Sioux City, Iowa 8.00 A. M. 

Breakfast on the Special Train. 
Visit the Corn Palace and drive about the city. 
Leave Sioux City, Iowa 11.00 " 

Luncheon on the Special Train. 
Arrive Omaha, Neb 2.30 P. M. 



The Omaha committee will meet the party at Sioux City. Visit 

to South Omaha stock yards and packing houses. Dinner and 

lodging at the Paxton House, Omaha. Attend the theatre in the 

evening. 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27th. 

Breakfast at the Paxton House, Omaha. 
Leave the hotel 10.00 A. M. for drive through the city, visiting 
art galleries and smelting works ; 1.00 P. M. visit Fort Omaha ; 
dress parade by Second Regiment United States Infantry ; 3.00 
P. M., dinner at the Paxton House. Lodging on the Special 
Train. The train to be open for occupation at 8.00 P. M. 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28th. 

Leave Omaha Neb. (via Union Pacific Ry., Chicago, 
Rock Island and Pacific Ry., and St. Louis, Keokuk 

and North Western R. R.) 1.00 A. M, 

Breakfast and luncheon on the Special Train. 

Arrive St. Louis, Mo 6.00 P. M. 

The party will be met on arrival by Gov. David R. Francis, 
Hon. E. A. Noonan, Mayor, and Mr. Charles A. Cox, President 
of the Merchants' Exchange. Public reception at the Merchants' 
Exchange. Dinner and lodging at the Southern Hotel. 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29th. 

At the Southern Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. 
9.00 A. M., display of the Fire Department; drive through the 
city ; visit St. Louis Stamping Works, Kingsland & Douglas' Fac- 
tory, Dozier-Weyl Cracker Factory, Hamilton Brown Shoe Fac- 
tory, Anheuser-Busch Brewery, the parks, and water-works. 
Luncheon at the fair grounds. In the afternoon carriage ride 
resumed from fair grounds, visiting the universities and charitable 
institutions. Dinner at the Southern Hotel. Reception in the 
evening by the Marquette Club. 
Leave St. Louis, Mo. (via Missouri Pacific Ry.) . 12.00 midnight. 



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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30th. 
Breakfast on the Special Train. 
Arrive Kansas City, Mo. (via Missouri Pacific Ry.) . . 9.00 A. M. 
The party will be met and welcomed at the station by Hon. 
J. J. Davenport, Mayor of the city, members of the City Councils, 
representatives of the commercial clubs, and a committee of 
citizens. Visit smelting works at Argentine by special train. A 
ride through the city on the electric and cable lines. Carriage 
drive through the residence section of the city. Luncheon at the 
Midland Hotel. Witness the trotting and running races at Expo- 
sition Park. Dinner at the Coates House. Attend the play at 
Coates' Opera House in the evening. 
Leave Kansas City, Mo. (via Wabash R. R.) . . . 12.00 midnight. 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31st. 
Breakfast on the Special Train. 

Arrive Springfield, 111 10.00 A. M. 

Luncheon and dinner at Leland Hotel. 
Visit to Capitol Building and Lincoln's Tomb. 
The Special Train will run to Indianapolis, Ind., during the 
night (via Wabash Railroad and Indianapolis, Decatur and 
Western Ry.). 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1st. 

Arrive Indianapolis, Ind 7.30 A. M. 

Breakfast on the Special Train. 
10.00 A. M., drive to various manufacturing establishments and 
Capitol. Luncheon and dinner at Dennison Hotel, tendered by 
the citizens. 
Leave Indianapolis, Ind. (via Jeffersonville, Madison 

and Indianapolis R. R. Pennsylvania Co.'s lines) . 6.00 P. M. 

Arrive Louisville, Ky 9.00 " 

The party will be met at the station by a committee of citizens 
and escorted in carriages to the Gait House. The streets trav- 
ersed will be decorated by illuminated arches. Lodging at the 
Gait House. 



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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2d. 

Breakfast at the Gait House. 

Carriage drive to the tobacco breaks and market ; through the 
city, and thence to Glenview Stock Farm. Exhibition of Ken- 
tucky-bred blood horses. Luncheon at the Fencastle Club, near 
Glenview. Return to the city in time to take the Special Train 
for Mammoth Cave. 
Leave Louisville, Ky. (via Louisville and Nashville 

R. R.) 11.00 P. M. 

Arrive Mammoth Cave, Ky Next morning. 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3d. 

At Mammoth Cave. Breakfast, luncheon, and dinner on the 
Special Train. Leave at night for Lexington, Ky. (via Louisville 
and Nashville R. R.) 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4th. 

Arrive Lexington, Ky 7.00 A. M. 

Breakfast on the Special Train. 
Visit blue-grass stock farm. 
Leave Lexington, Ky., via La Grange (Louisville and 

Nashville R. R.) 11.00 " 

Luncheon on the Special Train. 

Arrive Cincinnati, Ohio 4.00 P. M. 

Dinner and lodging at the New Burnet House. 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5th. 

Breakfast, luncheon, and dinner at the New Burnet House, Cin- 
cinnati. 

Visit various voting precincts, illustrating the manner of con- 
ducting an American election ; in the evening attend at the ((Hint- 
ing of the ballots and witness scenes incident to the reception of 
election returns. 

Lodging on the Special Train. 



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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6th. 

Leave Cincinnati, Ohio (via Pennsylvania Co.'s Lines; 

Pan Handle Station) 5-3° A. M. 

The Special Tram will be ready for occupation (November 5th) 

11.00 P. M. 

Breakfast on the Special Tram. 

Arrive Columbus, Ohio 9-°° A - M - 

Carriage ride through the city of Columbus. 

Leave Columbus, Ohio 11.00 

Arrive Pittsburg, Pa 5-3° P- M - 

Dinner and lodging at Monongahela House. 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7th. 

Breakfast at Monongahela House, Pittsburg. 
Leave Union Station by the 'Special Train for a visit to glass 
works of Ripley & Co., Oliver Iron and Steel Works, Jones & 
Laughlin Iron Works, Homestead Steel Works of Carnegie, 
Phipps & Co. Also visit W. D. Woods & Co.'s Sheet Iron Works 
and the National Tube Works at McKeesport, and Edgar Thom- 
son Steel Works at Bessemer. Luncheon and dinner on the Spe- 
cial Train. Lodging at Monongahela House. 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8th. 

Breakfast at Monongahela House. 
Leave West Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Allegheny City. 
Visit Tarentum, in the natural gas region, and the Pittsburg 
Plate Glass Works, at Allegheny Junction ; also visit Porter's Lo- 
comotive Works, Crescent Steel Works, the works of Hassy, 
Binns & Co., and of the A. French Spring Company, all located 
on the Allegheny Valley Railroad. 

Luncheon, dinner, and lodging on the Special Train. 



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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER gth. 

Breakfast on the Special Train. 
Leave Pittsburg, Pa. (via Pennsylvania R. R.) .... 7.20 A. M. 
Visit glass manufactories at Jeannette, the Grapeville gas fields 
and the steel works at Latrobe, all on the line of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad. 

Arrive Altoona, Pa 11.00 A. M. 

Visit Pennsylvania Railroad car-building and locomotive shops. 
Luncheon on the Special Train. 

Leave Altoona, Pa 3.30 P. M. 

Dinner on the Special Train. 

Arrive Philadelphia, Pa 9.40 " 

Reception tendered the delegates by Hon. Edwin H. Fitler, 
Mayor of Philadelphia, in Parlor "C," Continental Hotel. 
Lodging at the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10th. 
At the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia. 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER nth. 
Breakfast at the Continental Hotel. 
The party will be taken in carriages to Independence Hall, 
thence to Wanamaker's Store, the Machine Tool Works of William 
Sellers & Co., and to the Baldwin Locomotive Works. 
Luncheon at the Baldwin Locomotive Works. 
Drive to Carpet Works of J. & J. Dobson, Falls of Schuylkill, 
returning through Fairmount Park. 

Dinner at the Continental Hotel. 
In the evening a reception will be tendered the delegates at the 
Union League House. 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12th. 
Visit the Sugar Refinery of Harrison, Frazier & Co. and the 
University of Pennsylvania. 

Luncheon at the University. 



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Special train to Disston & Sons' Saw Works at Tacony. Steamer 
on the Delaware to Cramp's Shipyard and the Iron Works of 
I. P. Morris & Co. at Port Richmond. Steamer ride on the Del- 
aware from Port Richmond to Chestnut Street Wharf. 
Dinner at the Continental Hotel. 
In the evening a reception and banquet at the Manufacturers' 
Club. 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13th. 

Leave Philadelphia (via Pennsylvania R. R.) .... 11.30 A. M. 
Luncheon on the Special Train. 
A daylight ride through the beautiful suburban region west of 
Philadelphia and through the celebrated Chester Valley, the rich 
farming lands of Lancaster and York Counties, with a glimpse of 
Harrisburg and the picturesque banks of the Susquehanna. 

Arrive Harrisburg, Pa 2.10 P. M. 

Leave Harrisburg, Pa. 2.20 " 

Arrive Washington, D. C. . 6.15 " 



THE EQUIPMENT OF THE SPECIAL TRAIN 

PROVIDED FOR THE TOUR OF THE 

DELEGATES 

OF THE 

INTERNATIONAL 
AMERICAN CONFERENCE 

BY THE 

Pennsylvania Railroad Company 

AND 

Pullman's Palace Car Company. 



Pennsylvania Railroad Standard Locomotive 
" No. IQ53 -" 

Pullman Vestibule Composite Car " Esperanza." 

Pullman Vestibule Dining Car " Windsor." 

Pullman Vestibule Sleeping Car "Washington." 

Pullman Vestibule Sleeping Car "India." 

Pi i.iman Vestibule Sleeping Car "Columbus." 

Pullman Vestibule Sleeping Car "Japan." 



THE SPECIAL TRAIN. 



WHEN the delegates to the International American Con- 
gress gathered at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad 
Station in Washington, on the morning of October 3d, 
1889, to begin their tour to the principal industrial cities of the 
United States, they found awaiting them a train of cars which has 
never been equaled in point of equipment on any similar occasion 
in the world. 

As it stood in the station ready to receive its distinguished pas- 
sengers the train represented a money value of $150,000. In its 
composition it was as complete in all its appointments as a metro- 
politan hotel or club-house. There were drawing-rooms and par- 
lors for use by day, berths and state-rooms for sleeping purposes, a 
library and writing-rooms, bath rooms and a barber's saloon, a 
dining car perfect in every detail. Rich upholstery and magnificent 
drapery from the looms of the Union, stalwart oak from the forests 
of North America, glistening rosewood from the banks of the 
Amazon, mirror-like mahogany from the sunny lands of Central 
America, and velvety satinwood from the valleys of the Himalayas 
had all been brought into requisition by the decorator and finisher. 
From the spoils of so many climes the car-builder had constructed 
the train whose elegance, comfort, and luxury a fairy prince might 

covet. 

THE COMPOSITION OF THE TRAIN. 

At the head of this princely train there stood Pennsylvania Rail- 
road locomotive No. 1053. This engine is known in the technical 
classification of the builders as "Class O." It was designed by 
Mr. Theo. N. Ely, General Superintendent of Motive Power, built 
at the Pennsylvania Railroad's car and locomotive shops at Al- 
toona, Pa., and is a type of the best American effort in locomotive 

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construction. The total weight of the engine is ninety-one thou- 
sand nine hundred pounds. It is a very handsome, as well as a 
perfect, piece of mechanism, and its capacity for constant, un- 
broken, and speedy work has been demonstrated by its perform- 
ances on this tour to be superior to any previous achievement of 
any other locomotive in the world. The run of three hundred 
and twenty-live miles, between Milwaukee and St. Paul, in ten 
hours, and that of four hundred and seventy-six miles, between 
Omaha and St. Louis, in eighteen hours, establishes its staying 
powers on a firm foundation, and makes for it a record that is 
matchless in the railroad history of this country. The use of a 
single engine for a trip of over five thousand miles has never 
before been attempted, and the brilliant success which marks this 
case is eloquent proof of the accomplished skill of American me- 
chanics, as well as a convincing demonstration of the excellence 
of American railroads. 

THE SMOKER'S PARADISE. 

Following the engine is the Pullman Vestibule Composite Car 
"Esperanza." This is the technical designation' of the car in 
railroad parlance, but it is more properly and intelligently de- 
scribed as a library and smoking car. The front portion of this 
car is used as a storage van for the baggage, with a section re- 
served for the dynamo. This dynamo, operated by steam supplied 
from the locomotive, furnishes the power for illuminating the en- 
tire train. From it the storage batteries, placed under the cars, 
are charged with electricity, sufficient in amount to thoroughly il- 
luminate all the cars for ten hours, without recharging. It also 
supplies the current for the movable berth lights and the signal 
lights on the end of the rear coach. Adjoining the baggage com- 
partment is the bath and barber's saloon. The bath-room is sup- 
plied with both hot and cold water, and the shaving and hair- 
dressing department is complete in all its details. A buffet, for 
the service of light refreshments, comes next, and beyond this is 
the open parlor for smoking, reading, or writing. An escritoire, 



with writing materials, and a bookcase filled with entertaining 
volumes are striking features of the smoker's paradise. The in- 
terior is finished in oak, and the prevailing colors of drapery and 
decoration are bronze and gold. Luxurious bamboo arm-chairs 
and a sofa invite ease and comfort. 

A REFECTORY IN OAK AND OLIVE. 

Next in order is the Pullman Vestibule Dining Car "Windsor." 
This car is used exclusively for the preparation and service of 
meals. The kitchen occupies about one-third of the interior space, 
but it is so arranged and separated from the main saloon that no 
odors of the cooking are allowed to penetrate the dining-hall. A 
chef and four assistants preside over the range, and five white- 
jacketed waiters perform the bidding of the guests. There are 
store-rooms chilled by cold air, refrigerating wine closets, linen 
lockers, plate and china chests, and all the conveniences requisite 
for the providing, preparing, and serving of bounteous meals. 

The car contains ten tables, with a seating capacity,for forty per- 
sons simultaneously. The interior is very attractive, the finishing 
being oak and the tint of the draping olive-green. A uniformed 
official, called the dining-car conductor, who is really the steward, 
has charge of this car. 

IMPERIAL QUARTERS. 

The Pullman Vestibule Drawing and State Room Sleeping Cars 
"Washington," "Columbus," "India," and "Japan," are each 
the largest cars of their class, and the most notable specimens 
of the Pullman Palace Car Company's skill. They are seventy- 
five feet long, fourteen feet high, and contain twelve sections of 
two double berths, a single and a double drawing-room, beside 
lavatories, a bath and toilet rooms. The "Washington" and 
"Columbus" are finished in satin wood and mahogany. The 
upholstery is imperial purple, and the curtains are maroon. 
The "India" and "Japan" are finished in like manner, but the 



distinctive tints of upholstery and drapery are turquois blue, gar- 
net, purple, and maroon. The drawing-rooms, or private com- 
partments, are separated from the main saloon by partitions of 
hard wood. Their interior finishing is of ivory and gold, with rich 
maroon hangings. Private lavatories and toilet-rooms are con- 
nected with the drawing-rooms by communicating doors. The 
baths and lavatories throughout the train are supplied, from tanks 
placed beneath the cars, with both hot and cold water, which is 
forced into bath-tub or basin by air pressure. 

Radiant nickel chandeliers hang from the roof ridge. They 
are fitted for gas or electricity, but the latter is the generally ac- 
cepted illuminating agent. In addition to the chandeliers, mov- 
able electric bulbs are fitted in each berth, so that one may dispose 
his light to suit his convenience. 

The vestibule attachments connecting the different cars render 
the train, as far as the passage from car to car is concerned, one 
elongated coach. A passenger may pass through the entire train 
with the same facility as if he were strolling through a long cor- 
ridor. 

Steam from the locomotive is distributed through radiators 
placed in the cars, so that a uniform degree of heat can be main- 
tained throughout the entire train. 

All the cars of this train were withdrawn, for the time being, 
from the regular equipment of the "Pennsylvania Limited," which 
runs between New York and Chicago every day, and the locomo- 
tive for months previous to the tour had been in constant service, 
drawing the heaviest passenger trains over the high grades of the 
Allegheny .Mountains. Few railroads in the world could provide 
so complete a train from its every-day service. 

THE PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS. 

All the preliminary arrangements for the tour were undertaken 
for die United States Government by the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company, through its personally-conducted Tourist System. The 



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undertaking involved an enormous amount of detail. Every pro- 
vision for the movement of the train was perfected in advance, 
and the entire plan and scope of the tour was reduced to a printed 
itinerary before the distinguished party started from Washington. 
This work required weeks of earnest, persistent, and careful en- 
deavor, and the efficiency of the System is amply demonstrated 
by the fact that the programme has not been changed in any 
essential point since the tour began. 

The delegates to the International American Conference have 
seen the sources of the power of a great people, yet, when they 
come to sum up the results of the trip, the fact should not be 
ignored that they have themselves promoted and have witnessed 
the accomplishment of the greatest achievement of modern rail- 
roading. 



COMPLIMENTARY TOUR. 



International American Conference. 



List of Delegates, Secretaries, and Attaches. 



ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 

Delegates : Secretaries : 

Vicente G. Quesada, Federico Pinedo, 

Roque Saenz Pena, Ernesto Bosch, 
Manuel Qltntana. 

Consul- General : Attache" : 

Adolfo G. Calvo. Juan S. Atwell. 

BOLIVIA. 
Delegate : Secretary : 

Juan F. Velarde. Melchor Obarrio. 

Attaches : 
Alcibiades Velarde, Mariano Velarde. 

BRAZIL. 

Delegates : 

Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira, 

J. G. do Amaral Valente, Salvador de Mendoxc/a. 

Secretaries : 

|< »se Augusto Ferreira da Costa, 

joaquim de frietas vasconcellos. 

Attaches : 

Alfredo de Moraes Gomes Ferreira, 

Carlos SlLVEIRA Martins, Mario de MENDONfA. 

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Delegates : Secretaries : 

Jose Alfonso, Carlos Zanartu, 

Emilio C. Varas. Paulino Alfonso, 

Domingo Pena Toro. 

Delegates; Colombia. Secretaries: 

Jose M. Hurtado, Julio Rengifo, 

Carlos Martinez Silva, Martin Amador. 

Climaco Calderon. 

Delegate: Costarica. Secretary: 

Manuel Aragon. Joaquin Bernardo Calvo. 

,-. , , ECUADOR. , • 

Delegate : Secretaries : 

Jose Maria Placido Caamano. Juan L. Yribas, 

C. R. Gill. 
AttachS : 
Antonio Echaverria. 

„ , , guatemala. , 

Delegate : Secretary. : 

Fernando Cruz. Domingo Estrada. 

Attacks : 

Javier A. Arroyo. 

„ , . HONDURAS. , . 

Delegate : Secretaries : 

Jeronimo Zelava. E. Constantino Fiallos, 

Richard Villafranca. 

Delegates : Secretaries : 

Matias Romero, Adolfo Mujica y Sayago, 

J. N. Navarro, Enrique Santibanez. 



Jose Yves Limantour 

Delegate : 
Horacio Guzman. R. Mayorga 



,-. j , NICARAGUA. c , 

Delegate : Secretary : 



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PERU. 

Delegate : Seer eta ry : 

F. C. C. Zegarra. Alberto Falcon. 

SALVADOR. 

Delegate: Secretary: 

Jacinto Castellanos. Samuel Valdivieso. 

Attache : 
Joaquin Arrieta Rossi. 

URUGUAY. 

Delegate : Secretary : 

Alberto Nin. Henry Dauber. 

venezuela. 

Delegates : Secretaries : 

Nicanor Bolet Peraza, N. Bolet Monagas, 

Francisco Antonio Silva, John G. Peoli. 
Jose Andrade. 

united states. 
Delegates : 
John B. Henderson, William Henry Trescot, 

Cornelius N. Bliss, Andrew Carnegie, 

Charles R. Flint, Henry G. Davis, 

Clement Studebaker, Morris M. Estee, 

T. Jefferson Coolidge, John F. Hanson. 

Attache's : 
John G. Bourke, Captain U S. A., 
Henry R. Lemly, First Lieutenant U. S. A., 
George M. Sternberg, Surgeon U. S. A., 
H. C. Yarrow, Surgeon U. S. A., 
Henry McCrea, Lieutenant U. S. X., 
Warner P. Sutton, 
Edmund W. P. Smith, 
Edward A. Trescot, 
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., 



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F. G. PlERRA 

(Representing the Spanish-American Commercial Union), 

Nelson Polhamus 

(Secretary to Mr. Pierra), 

J. H. Fox 

(Secretary to Mr. C. R. Flint), 

William E. Curtis 

(Special Agent Department of State, in charge), 

S. W. F. Draper 

(Representing the Pennsylvania Railroad Company). 
CORRESPONDENTS. 

New York Tribune— -M. G. Seckendorff. 
New York Herald.— James Clancy. 
Philadelphia Press.— F. C. Howland. 
Philadelphia Ledger.— Frank H. Taylor. 
The Associated Press.— F. M. Hood, 

Frank W. Mack. 
United Press— C. A. O'Rourke, 
" R. L. Farnham. 

Washington Star. — Geo. H. Harries. 
Frank Leslie.—]. W. Nagle, 
" C. Bunnell. 

Boston Herald.— Morton D. Mitchell. 
Chicago Tribune— F. A. Vanderlip. 
Panama Star and Herald. — Samuel Boyd. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES. 

MI1.ES 

Washington to Jersey City, via Pennsylvania R. R 22S 

Jersey City to West Point, via West Shore R. R 53 

West Point to New York, via "The Yorktown " 51 

New York to Fall River, via Fall River Line 181 

Fall River to Boston, via Old Colony R. R 51 

Boston to Lawrence, via Boston and Maine R. R 27 

Lawrence to Lowell, via Boston and Maine R. R 13 

Lowell to Boston, via Boston and Maine R. R 28 

Boston to Manchester, via Boston and Maine R. R 57 

Manchester to Portland, via Concord R. R., Boston and Maine 

R. R., and Portland and Rochester R. R 96 

Portland to Worcester, via Portland and Rochester R. R. and 

Boston and Maine R. R 147 

Worcester to Willimantic, via New York and New England 

R. R 51 

Willimantic to South Manchester, via New York and New 

England R. R 25 

South Manchester to Hartford, via New York and New Eng- 
land R. R 10 

Hartford to Collinsville, via Central New England and West- 
ern R. R 24 

Collinsville to Hartford, via Central New England and West- 
ern R. R 24 

Hartford to Meriden, via New York, New Haven and Hart- 
ford R. R iS 

Meriden to New Haven, via New York, New Haven and 

Hartford R. R 19 

New Haven to Springfield, via New York, New Haven and 

Hartford R. R 63 

Springfield to Holyoke, via Connecticut River R. R S 

Holyoke to Springfield, via Connecticut River R. R 8 

Springfield to Albany, via Boston and Albany R. R 104 

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MILES 

Albany to Niagara Falls, via New York Central and Hudson 

River R. R 306 

Niagara Falls to Buffalo, via New York Central and Hudson 

River R. R 22 

Buffalo to Cleveland, via Lake Shore and Michigan South- 
ern R. R '. . 183 

Cleveland to Newburgh, via Cleveland and Pittsburg R. R. . 8 
Newburgh to Cleveland, via Cleveland and Pittsburg R. R. . 8 
Cleveland to Detroit, via Lake Shore and Michigan South- 
ern R. R 178 

Detroit to Ann Arbor, via Michigan Central R. R. . . . . . 38 

Ann Arbor to Grand Rapids, via Michigan Central R. R. . 132 
Grand Rapids to South Bend, via Grand Rapids and Indiana 

R. R. and Michigan Central R. R 107 

South Bend to Chicago, via Michigan Central R. R 105 

Chicago to Pullman, via Illinois Central R. R 14 

Pullman to Chicago, via Illinois Central R. R 14 

Chicago to Milwaukee, via Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul 

Ry • • • 85 

Milwaukee to St. Paul, via Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul 

Ry 325 

St. Paul to Minneapolis, via Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis 

and Omaha Ry 10 

Minneapolis to Sioux City, via Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis 

and Omaha Ry 260 

Sioux City to Omaha, via Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis 

and Omaha Ry 107 

Omaha to St. Louis, via Union Pacific Ry. , Chicago, Rock 
Island and Pacific R. R., and St. Louis, Keokuk and North 

Western R. R 476 

St. Louis to Kansas City, via Missouri Pacific Ry 283 

Kansas City to Springfield, via Wabash R.R 301 

Springfield to Indianapolis, via Wabash R. R. and Indian- 
apolis, Decatur and Western Ry. 191 

Indianapolis to Louisville, via Jeffersonville, Madison and In- 
dianapolis R. R no 



3° 

MILES 

Louisville to Mammoth Cave, via Louisville and Nashville 

R. R 102 

Mammoth Cave to Lexington, via Louisville and Nash- 
ville R. K i9 6 

Lexington to Cincinnati, via La Grange (Louisville and 

Nashville R. R.) . . .' 150 

Cincinnati to Pittsburg, via Pennsylvania Co.'s Lines . . . 313 

Pittsburg to Philadelphia, via Pennsylvania R. R 354 

Philadelphia to Washington, via Harrisburg (Pennsylvania 
R. R.) 233 

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